28 February 2012

As you are hopefully aware, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has issued some significant weather alerts for the rest of this week.

In collaboration with our colleagues in the State Emergency Service, we would like everyone to please take note of the following information.

NOTE: Please, if you haven't already done it, clean out your gutters! Heavy rain can cause downpipes to back up and block with debris, which can then flow into your roof, ceiling, walls and home. (It also helps in a bushfire, but that's for another day)

Today at 3:56 pm they issued an updated advice.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned today that heavy rain and thunderstorms pose asignificant flood threat to large parts of the southern half of NSW inlcuding the ACT.

The Bureau has issued a Severe Weather Warning and Flood Watch for a large partof central and southern NSW with heavy rain developing today and increasing onWednesday and Thursday. The Nepean-Hawkesbury River which provides a border to western Sydney is included in the Flood Watch and is likely to flood before theend of the week.

Floodwater can be deeper and faster flowing than it appears. It can contain hidden snags, debris and contaminants such as sewage, chemicals and dead animals. Floodwater can erode road surfaces. Entering floodwater is the major cause of death during floods.